The Government of India has established NITI Aayog to replace the

[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2015 Prelims]

(a) Human Rights Commission

(b) Finance Commission

(c) Law Commission

(d) Planning Commission

Answer: (d)        

Explanation:

NITI Aayog –

• It was established on 1 January 2015, as the successor to the Planning Commission.
• It was created by an executive resolution of the Government of India.
• It is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body.
• It is a Think Tank of the Government of India providing both directional and policy inputs.
• It is shaped by a ‘bottom-up’ approach rather than ‘top-down’ approach.
• It is working on the principle of cooperative federalism and developing strategies with the active involvement of states.
• It was established with the aim to achieve sustainable development goals.
• It fosters the involvement of State Governments in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.
• It envisages the vision of Maximum Governance, Minimum Government, echoing the spirit of ‘Cooperative Federalism’.